SETI, Signals, and Intelligent Design

Many years ago, I believed that UFOs were vessels for extraterrestrials. I read in a special-interest magazine remarks from an investigator who said they wanted to rule out natural phenomena before declaring something was a UFO. Similarly, many ghost investigators take that approach.

Belief in such things aside, I commend them for not jumping at every chance to declare something is paranormal. An astrophysicist recommends that SETI folks pull on the reins and holler, "Whoa!" when they detect signals. After all, it may be another breakroom microwave oven.

Parkes Radio Telescope, Flickr / Amanda Slater (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Interesting that the secular science industry believes in unguided chance-driven evolution, denying the much more logical conclusions of intelligent design by the Creator. Biblical creationists believe God is the First Cause of life, the universe, and everything, but creationist scientists want to know how he created; what makes things tick. Similarly, Intelligent Design theory does not rush to judgment and say that design is involved until false design inferences have been dismissed.

Paul Sutter, an astrophysicist at Ohio State, writes occasional articles for lay people. He offers a challenge to his readers, to keep them from falling for media hysteria about space aliens. His reasoning poses an indirect challenge to any kind of explanation positing a hidden designer.

To read or listen to this article, click on "When Should Mysterious Signals from Space Be Attributed to Alien Intelligence?"